Band 5 Patient Safety Officer

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join an established Patient Safety Team at UHB at this time of exciting change as we continue our transition into PSIRF. You will require commitment, passion and motivation to support the team playing a lead role in the delivery and development of quality reporting systems and processes. You will be required to maintain databases and produce reports on behalf of the Patient Safety Team. The post holder will contribute to the delivery of patient safety and quality improvement education. The post holder will manage the provision of a high quality, confidential and comprehensive administrative support to the Patient Safety Lead, and Safety Learning Manager in the delivery of processes, engagement events and training to promote patient safety across the Trust. To succeed in this role you will need vision and excellent interpersonal skills to enable you to work with varying levels of managers, clinicians and administrative colleagues with the support of the wider team. You will need to demonstrate excellent time management skills as you will need to balance the demands of a very busy workload.

If you believe you have the skills, enthusiasm and ambition to join our team, we would love to hear from you

["Office base at BHH but covers all sites and home working"]

Main duties of the job

To contribute to the UHB Safety Strategy by supporting staff engagement events,

communication and promotional material for patient safety.

To undertake regular visits to wards and departments to advise and support their

implementation of patient safety improvement projects.

To work autonomously in the absence of the Patient Safety Lead, planning, prioritising, organising and implementing own workload / tasks. Working on own initiative to prepare background information, collate information into reports, produce statistics and create and manage databases as required.

Provide a high quality administrative function for the Patient Safety Team.

Co-ordinates a range of complex events, activities and programmes for the patient

safety team, including liaising with internal individuals, analysing information and

producing, spread sheets, reports and presentations for distribution to the relevant

committees, and Clinical Governance and Patient Safety Department.

Collates complex clinical statistics and data to support the production of relevant

reports, graphs to support quality improvement initiatives.

Provides expertise in data collection, extraction, processing and interpretation.

Uses own judgement/initiative to problem solve, make decisions and take actions on a range of data to resolve problems as they arise

Contribute to the design, co-ordination and delivery of safety teaching programmes for nursing staff, HCA's and other relevant professional groups.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Employer's website

https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm (Opens in a new tab)

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